Psalms 119:16
I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
In Context
15I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.
17GIMEL Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 119:11I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
Psalms 119:24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Psalms 119:47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Psalms 119:70Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Psalms 119:83For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:14-17
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Here, I. David looks back with comfort upon the respect he had paid to the word of God. He had the testimony of his conscience for him, 1. That he had edified others with what he had been taught out of the word of God ( v. 13 ): With my lips… Read the whole commentary →